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Writing with “a sense of wonder that hasn’t prevailed since the days of Heinlein” (Books in Canada), best novel Hugo and Nebula Award winner Robert J. Sawyer brings you “a truly science-fictional work of alternate history” (S.M. Stirling).

While J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project team struggle to develop the A-bomb, Edward Teller wants something even more devastating: a weapon based on nuclear fusion - the mechanism that powers the sun. But Teller’s research leads to a terrifying discovery: by the year 2030, the sun will eject its outermost layer, destroying the entire inner solar system - including Earth.

After the war ends, Oppenheimer’s physicists combine forces with Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun - the greatest scientific geniuses from the last century racing against time to save our future.

Meticulously researched and replete with real-life characters and events, The Oppenheimer Alternative is a breathtaking adventure through both real and alternate history.

©2020 Robert J. Sawyer (P)2020 Recorded Books Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction War
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Interesting mix of tea history and why might have been. Well performed by the reader.

Mix of real history and sci

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A truly awesome tale of both fact and fiction, woven together with imagination- I am so sad I have finished it

Stunning

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My first audible fiction book and very entertaining. I liked the mix of real historical figures ( many being the giants of Physics I learnt of at school more than 50 years ago ), embellished and made “human” by the author’s imagination. 5 stars from me.

A novel entertainment

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Miles off the quality of earlier books, such as The Terminal Experiment. Do not recommend.

Not up to snuff

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Sawyers weakest novel I've read, a tedious long winded history book disguised as entertainment. Probably the most disappointing book I've undertaken as I slogged through, characters paper thin and an awful ending. Read any other of Roberts books k just stay away from this.

Awful

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